Accidental Helicopter Beheading

[Glenn Thompson]

Does anyone remember hearing about a father getting off of a helicopter and
greating his child with a throw in the air? I swear that I read that in the
newspaper and it has stuck with me. Now I question whether I really read it
or it was planted as a UL?

Searched urbanlegends archive for helicopter and got forest fire scuba diver
and searched dejanews and got some cartoon crap.

Anyone recall such a story?

Glenn...swing looowwwwwww sweet chariot...Thompson

[Paul Sweeney]

Glenn Thompson <dgth...@direct.ca> wrote in article
<Z1jF1.1589$w4.68...@newsgate.direct.ca>...

> Does anyone remember hearing about a father getting off of a helicopter
and
> greating his child with a throw in the air? I swear that I read that in
the
> newspaper and it has stuck with me. Now I question whether I really read
it
> or it was planted as a UL?

Do you mean grating his child?

Here is how the telegraph recall it

Father tells how he lifted girl into rotor
By Paul Stokes
A BUSINESSMAN hoisted his four-year-old daughter into the rotor blade of
his helicopter after she asked him to carry her, an inquest heard
yesterday.
Nicholas Hawkings-Byass was walking away from the cockpit when Lydia ran
towards him saying: "Daddy will you carry me."
Mr Hawkings-Byass, 41, said in a statement: "I put my briefcase down and
picked her up with both hands to put her on my shoulders.
"What happened next is not totally clear. I'm not sure if I actually got
her on to my shoulders or whether I had actually picked up my briefcase
again or not.
"I was not aware of the rotor revolving and there was no wind noise. She
then fell forward to the ground, she lay there and the colour drained from
her cheeks. I did not feel any impact, but realised something awful had
happened."
Lydia died two days later on July 2 at a head injury unit in Frenchay
Hospital, Bristol.
Mr Hawkings-Byass, managing director of agricultural aviation company MFH,
said he had carried out the safety procedure after landing.
"I heard a thud and it appeared to me that Lydia was lying on the ground"
He told the hearing in Bristol: "I did not apply the [rotor] brake and was
not in the habit of doing so. It is not designed to stop the rotors turning
but more to keep the rotor blades still afterwards."
Mr Hawkings-Byass had flown to the family's country home at Upper Broadmoor
Farm, between Bourton-on-the-Water and Great Rissington, Glos, from
Chelsea.
On arrival he gave short flights to his son Alexander, six, Lydia and their
nanny, Karoline Crump. Miss Crump had put his other son, 19-month-old
Charlie, to bed before returning to the garden for her flight.
After landing she saw Lydia run towards the helicopter. Miss Crump told the
inquest: "I saw Nicholas reach down and pick up Lydia. I heard a thud and
it appeared to me that Lydia was lying on the ground."
Dr Timothy Moss, a pathologist, said Lydia died from an injury to the back
of her head caused by a helicopter rotor blade.
Her organs were donated for transplants after her parents gave permission
for her life-support machine to be switched off.
Paul Forrest, the Avon Coroner, recorded a verdict of accidental death

Paul (it's all there if you look hard enough) Sweeney

[Terry Nielsen]

Glenn Thompson wrote:
>
> Does anyone remember hearing about a father getting off of a helicopter and
> greating his child with a throw in the air? I swear that I read that in the
> newspaper and it has stuck with me. Now I question whether I really read it
> or it was planted as a UL?

Yes I remember the story all too well. I did hear it on the news the day
it happened, so it's not a UL. I thought it happened in the UKoGBaNI
somewhere, but I could be wrong.

I don't recall that she was beheaded (although they may have ommitted
that detail). She definitely did die though when she was struck by the
blade. I don't think the blade was under power, but was spinning slowly
to a stop after the engine was stopped.

Damn near made me cry when I heard the story. I can't imagine what the
guy must be going through.
--
-Terry Nielsen
Maple Ridge, B.C.
Canada

[Glenn Thompson]

>Do you mean grating his child?
>

Ya I saw that after the post. Yours is better but I meant to say greeting
of course.

Re: It is all there...

Always wanting to learn about the resources on the web and insider
knowledge, would you be willing to share how it was that you found the
story? Did you remember the coverage, location, name etc or did you just go
searching?

Thanks if at all

Glenn

[lynne...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, 27 August 1998 08:00:00 UTC+1, Glenn Thompson wrote:
> Does anyone remember hearing about a father getting off of a helicopter and
> greating his child with a throw in the air? I swear that I read that in the
> newspaper and it has stuck with me. Now I question whether I really read it
> or it was planted as a UL?
>

> Searched urbanlegends archive for helicopter and got forest fire scuba diver
> and searched dejanews and got some cartoon crap.
>
> Anyone recall such a story?
>
> Glenn...swing looowwwwwww sweet chariot...Thompson

As a very late update to this, sadly, the father committed suicide in March of this year.

[gps....@googlemail.com]

So weird to see a post from 18 years ago.

[simon.n...@gmail.com]

On Monday, May 5, 2014 11:40:31 PM UTC+1, gps....@googlemail.com wrote:
> So weird to see a post from 18 years ago.

Yeah, really horrible situation

RIP both

[Wisely Non-Theist]

How does one behead a helicopter, whether accidentally or purposefully?

[Ralph Jones]

On Mon, 05 May 2014 20:31:21 -0600, Wisely Non-Theist <a...@bbb.ccc>
wrote:

>How does one behead a helicopter, whether accidentally or purposefully?

By improperly torquing and securing the "Jesus nut" that holds the
rotor head to the mast.

rj

[james....@wanadoo.fr]

Yes the pilot was called Nicolas Hawkings-Byass who committed suicide last year see under this name reports in several newspapers!

[barry...@hotmail.com]

Den onsdag den 29. april 2015 kl. 22.39.12 UTC+2 skrev james....@wanadoo.fr:
> Yes the pilot was called Nicolas Hawkings-Byass who committed suicide last year see under this name reports in several newspapers!

I was trying to look up a similar case that lead me to this page. Another accident like this occurred in the US, way back in the mid-60s. I remember hearing it reported on the radio, I was only 6 or 7 when it happened - a gruesome tragedy. This time it was a little boy, whose father lifted him up too high while standing right under the blades of a helicopter. I tried to find an old news item about it, but no luck so far.

[eart...@gmail.com]

You may have already heard this. It happened May 5,1996, in Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain.
Nicholas Hawkings-Byass.
He killed himself in 2014.
His poor wife Clare!
Elaine Castle Downs ((Facebook)
Formerly of Great Britain.

[09pa...@gmail.com]

You certainly were not mistaken as I vividly recall watching the report in total disbelief. Like you, this has remained with me to the point that every 2-3yrs I find I tend make reference to it. My thoughts over the years have always been for the inner strength and peace of the Father. I can’t imagine that there’s a word or a cluster of words in the English language, (or any tongue for that matter) that could convey in it’s entirety what this Father would’ve been experiencing from that day forward. I’d often wonder how he was coping in life. I had no idea he committed suicide until I read it here. While it came as quite a shock, I understandand deep down i’m not surprised. Bless, he’s now free of pain. ✨

[aamik...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, August 27, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Glenn Thompson wrote:
> Does anyone remember hearing about a father getting off of a helicopter and
> greating his child with a throw in the air? I swear that I read that in the
> newspaper and it has stuck with me. Now I question whether I really read it
> or it was planted as a UL?
>
> Searched urbanlegends archive for helicopter and got forest fire scuba diver
> and searched dejanews and got some cartoon crap.
>
> Anyone recall such a story?
>
> Glenn...swing looowwwwwww sweet chariot...Thompson

I say that video... just now checking to see if it was still posted.

[Chris Schram]

I say "Google-Groupers* should learn to tell time."

* Insert ignorant sea bass reference here.

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[drewd...@gmail.com]

Wow , the original poster was using one of those big box computers when he posted that . I was born in '95 so those are still kinda in my memory.